[Closed] Drakhor's Mindless Ramblings (Sometimes About Poker As Well!)

Drakhor · 2008-01-22T21:16:58Z

Well, the first week has passed and I've already come to my first conclusion: Apparently I'm a much superior freeroller than a NL5 cash table player. From the 50 dollars I received, I managed to lose 25 on the NL 0.02/0.04 tables. Sometimes I followed the SSS, sometimes I didn't. Neither way was more successful than the other, I simply didn't have much luck. 80% of the times I lost due to a Bad Beat on the River, or a downright Runner Runner Suck Out, which resulted in the remaining 20% when I was on a minor tilt. :O The SSS looks good, but it doesn't factor in the HUNDREDS of morons who call you with absolute crap and then win against your AA, KK or QQ with a 2 pairs of Fives and Deuces on the River... :rolleyes: But when it came to the $100 Freerolls, I had some great results. I managed an 11th place in a 930 player field, gaining me 85 cents. 2 days later, I made a 39th place in a 940 player field, giving me 45 cents. And the next day, I had a fabulous 7th place finish against 1064 entrants, which earned me $2.85! The best part of that one was that I had forgotten I had signed up, and only logged in again 40 minutes after it had already started! By that time, only some 330+ people were left, and I came to the table with 2400 remaining chips (out of 3000), and Pocket Aces in my hand. &diams; I was ready to resign, so I just went All-In with them. The other guys on the table must have been surprised that I suddenly played, and folded, so I only got the Blinds. But the following hand, I ended up with a suited Big Slick. Again I went All-In, and this time 4 guys thought I'm an idiot who now only goes All-In to steal the blinds, and called. The flop came up with another Ace, no help in either the Turn or the River for anybody else, and I was back up to 14k chips! &diams; Later on, I managed to double up twice through the chip leader who was on my table, easily cruised into the money, survived bubble after bubble, and there I was on the Final Table. I didn't have many chips left, but it just turned into a zoo, with guys going All-In with nothing, and I grabbed the 7th place. Today, as the new week started, I also had some luck again on the ring tables. I was determined to rebuild my bankroll, so I took $2.56 to a table, and when I won a 60 cent pot and was over $3 again ($3.33 actually), I left. I went to another table with $2.05 this time and won a $4.51 pot with a set of 8's against a guy with Pocket Aces. &diams; Of course I also left then. I thus managed to gain back 5 of my 25 lost dollars in roughly a dozen hands. I joined the first $100 Rookie Freeroll, but had a Bad Beat and only finished 130th, 30 places below the money. :rolleyes: I then entered the Western European $150 Freeroll, and finished 42nd in a field of 2207 entrants, giving me another 28 cents. Now I'm waiting for the third Rookie freeroll, but I'm already somewhat exhausted, so I don't expect much from it. But you never know... :) So overall, I made $4.43 in 4 tournaments, but lost almost $20 on the ring tables. I guess there's still room to improve. Well, there always is. ;) [EDIT]: Well, as expected I didn't make it that far in the third Rookie freeroll. I finished 287th out of 1049 after suffering a Bad Beat near the end that crippled me. Still, I'm not disappointed, and at least I didn't bust out because of a mistake. Bad Beats happen, this time I was on the receiving end. :)